CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-40977

6.7 MEDIUM Published 2026-04-28 Modified 2026-07-24 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-04-28
Last modified
2026-07-24
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

When an application is configured to use `ApplicationPidFileWriter`, a local attacker with write access to the PID file's location can corrupt one file on the host each time the application is started. Affected: Spring Boot 4.0.0–4.0.5 (fix 4.0.6), 3.5.0–3.5.13 (fix 3.5.14), 3.4.0–3.4.15 (fix 3.4.16), 3.3.0–3.3.18 (fix 3.3.19), 2.7.0–2.7.32 (fix 2.7.33); PID file / symlink behavior (`ApplicationPidFileWriter`). Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory.

Affected configurations

• vmware spring boot (< 2.7.33) • vmware spring boot (>= 3.3.0 < 3.3.19) • vmware spring boot (>= 3.4.0 < 3.4.16) • vmware spring boot (>= 3.5.0 < 3.5.14) • vmware spring boot (>= 4.0.0 < 4.0.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References